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English

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Etymology

From bass, low + suffix -oon, large, akin to -on in Romance languages

Pronunciation

IPA: /bəˈsuːn/

Noun

A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and, playing in a tenor range.

Derived terms

Translations

Albanian: {{t-|sq|fagot|m|xs=Albanian}}
Catalan: fagot
Chinese: 低音管 (dīyīnguǎn)
Czech: {{t-|cs|fagot|m}}
Dutch: {{t+|nl|fagot|m}}
Finnish:
French: basson
German: Fagott
Icelandic: {{t-|is|fagott|n}}

Italian: {{t+|it|fagotto|m}}
Japanese: {{t+|ja|ファゴット|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|バスーン|sc=Jpan}}
Portuguese: fagote
Romanian: {{t+|ro|fagot|n}}
Russian: {{t+|ru|фагот|m|tr=fagót|sc=Cyrl}}
Slovene: {{t+|sl|fagot|m}}
Spanish: {{t-|es|bajón|m}}
Swedish: {{t+|sv|fagott|c}}

Category:Musical instruments

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bassoon \Bas*soon"\, n. [F. basson, fr. basse bass; or perh. fr.
bas son low sound. See Bass a part in music. ] (Mus.)
A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with
holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in
flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Its compass comprehends three octaves. For convenience
of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is
also called a fagot.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet bassoon
n : a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family

Moby Dictionary
English horn , Pandean pipe , aulos , basset horn , basset oboe ,
block flute , bombard , bourdon , cello , claribel , clarinet , clarion ,
concert flute , contrabassoon , contrafagotto , cornet , cornopean ,
cromorna , cromorne , cymbel , diapason , double bassoon , double reed ,
dulciana , fife , fipple flute , flageolet , flute , flute stop ,
foundation stop , fourniture , gamba , gedeckt , gemshorn ,
harmonic flute , hautboy , heckelphone , hornpipe , hybrid stop ,
koppel flute , larigot , licorice stick , melodia , mixture , musette ,
mutation stop , nazard , oaten reed , oboe , oboe da caccia , ocarina ,
octave , organ stop , panpipe , penny-whistle , piccolo , pipe ,
plein jeu , pommer , posaune , principal , quint , quintaten , rank ,
ranket , recorder , reed , reed instrument , reed stop , register ,
rohr flute , sax , saxophone , sesquialtera , shawm , single reed ,
single-reed instrument , sonorophone , spitz flute , stop ,
stopped diapason , stopped flute , string diapason , string stop ,
sweet potato , syrinx , tabor pipe , tenoroon , tierce , tin-whistle ,
tremolo , trombone , trumpet , twelfth , unda maris , vibrato , viola ,
voix celeste , vox angelica , vox humana , whistle , woods , woodwind ,
woodwind choir , woodwind instrument